Organic and vegan food has created a revolution in the culinary and hospitality world. And to cater for this increased demand with more lifestyle changes and healthy eating, various restaurants are curating delicious yet healthy dishes for this niche market. Vegan food has reeled in popularity among all age groups who choose to stay fit and healthy post the covid-scare.
Lately, Mumbai has become popular for its vegan cafes and restaurants. However, it took a while before the public became enamoured with the healthy taste of vegan food, but that has changed the perception and made veganism a popular choice.
For all those who are conscious eaters and want to give vegan life a try, here are the top 5 vegan cafes in Mumbai you must try. These vegan cafes will change your opinion about vegan food and probe you towards mindful eating.
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Yogisattva
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This organic café is India’s first Whole Foods Plant-based Culinary Academy combined with a concept of serving from farm to fork vegan meals. Yogisattva is a big supporter of farmers and aims to buy organic produce across different farms in Maharashtra. True to its name, this vegan café in Mumbai has a beautiful rooftop dining area with simple interiors and furniture. It prepares and serves organic, vegan, gluten-free, and sugar-free meals, including desserts and ice-creams.
The dishes that stand out in this vegan café are the banana and blueberry pancakes made with buckwheat flour, vegan & gluten-free plant-based gyozas, raw vegan pizza, chickpea wrap and desserts such as Black Sesame ice cream, Pistachio Baklava bar, and Cacao & Truffle Zest Cookie.
Timings – 8 am – 10:30 pm (Monday to Sunday)
Meal for two – Rs.1800/- approx
Address – 7th Floor, Pinnacle House, 15th Road, Khar Pali Road, next to Pawan Heightz, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050
Gratitude House by YogaFoodLove
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Gratitude House is a quaint and cosy vegan cafe situated in the by-lanes of Bandra, Mumbai. This place’s calm and green aura creates a stress-free vibe to enjoy with friends or even by yourself. This vegan café in Mumbai strives for a sense of community that offers simple yet delicious vegan food. This eatery’s most remarkable and unique attribute is its‘ Pay what you like’ policy. Their menu doesn’t have the prices, and you are free to pay for what you like. This vegan café is known for its home-style vegan and gluten-free dishes such as Tofu bhurji, Pineapple rasam soup, Shanti bowl, and other organic Mexican and Italian dishes. They also offer beverages such as coffee and tea with vegan milk like almond and oat milk.
Timings – 7 am – 12 am (Monday, Wednesday to Sunday). Closed on Tuesdays
Meal for two – Upon your discretion
Address – Ground Floor – St Xavier Court, Sherly Rajan Road, Rizvi Complex, Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050
Farmer’s Cafe
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Farmer’s Café is a quaint and cosy vegan café in Mumbai. In fact, their tagline – ‘Eat like it matters’, reflects their extensive menu. The menu offers a variety of vegan food from different cuisines, such as pizza, risotto, pasta, wholesome bowls with curries and rice, paninis, and Lebanese falafels. All ingredients used are organic, vegan, and natural. Such as Rajgira or amaranth pizza dough, whole-wheat or gluten-free bread, date and jaggery syrups, vegan and skinny cheese and cashew and almond milk. You can find everything healthy and organic under this roof. A few dishes to try at this vegan café are beetroot hummus, pesto panini, lentil burger and countryside spaghetti.
Timings – 11 am – 11 pm (Monday to Sunday)
Meal for two – Rs.1400/- approx.
Address – Shop 1, Plot 470, Celeste Building, Kinchin CHS, 14th Road, Khar, Mumbai – 400050
Kitchen Garden By Suzette
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Kitchen Garden by Suzette is an all-organic vegan café with an open salad bar where sandwiches and salads are made live. Their menu is updated and reflects all the health trends we hear from international fitness influencers. From Energy Bowls with bulgur, baby spinach and sweet potato, overnight turmeric oats, cold brew coffee to homemade granola, everything is served here. In addition, this café has a large refrigerator at the entrance allowing diners to do takeaway orders and purchase portions of fresh prawns, bread, burrata, cold-pressed juices, granola, greens, and everything the kitchen uses to cook with.
This vegan cafe has a few other outlets across Mumbai in Bandra Kurla Complex(BKC), Bandra East, Juhu, and Colaba.
Timings – 9 am – 11 am (Monday to Sunday)
Meal for two – Rs.1000/- approx
Address – 8/9, Gasper Enclave, St. John Street, Pali Naka, Opposite Gold’s Gym, Pali Hill, Bandra West, Mumbai.
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Greenr Cafe
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Greenr Café, a Delhi- based organic café, made its way to Mumbai in 2021. This café focuses its attention on each dish to be healthy and mindful. All the produce is organic and sustainably sourced from farms.
This vegan cafe is housed in a century-old bungalow with minimalist interiors along the warm and artsy atmosphere. The food is purely plant-based and made without processing. One of the popular dishes at Greenr Café is the Shroom balls salad that gives a meatball texture with an umami flavour. Some others are their Acai bowls, Baja Black Bean Earth Bowl, Jackfruit Carnitas, and Rosemary Sweet Potatoes, to name a few.
The dessert menu is calorie-conscious with vegan cheesecake and tiramisu made with ragi sponge cake with coconut cream. It also has an extensive list of tea and coffee brands that directly source the beans and tea leaves from farmers across India.
Timings – 12:30 pm – 10 pm (Monday to Sunday)
Meal for two – Rs.1400/- approx
Address – 57, Pali Road, Near Doctor Ambedkar Road, Pali Hill, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Conclusion
With the rise of lifestyle changes and conscious eating, veganism has caught attention worldwide today. The vegan cafes in Mumbai will make you look at vegetables differently, with a new perspective. Give vegan food a try at the top five vegan cafes in Mumbai.
Happy, healthy eating!!
